The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006)

Mauricio 2022-04-19 09:02:19

The excitement started just after the end of the first half, otherwise, the film would just be a story of a battle against tyranny; from then on, the foreshadowing in front of it unfolded like mercury pouring down drippingly and drippingly, gradually getting better.

The half-time after the gun smoke is the courtroom scene. The lineup of swords, lights, swords and shadows in the front is clear. The Irish vs. the British can be. The issue of "rich Irish" vs "Irish poor in general" is not so black and white, and the Republican Army needs this support immediately, at this time, although the gun barrel is reluctant, but after all respects the liberation area's The temporary court, let people breathe a sigh of relief: what is the common law system! Otherwise, life and death in exchange for an evil regime, why bother?

The climax of the intermission is the truce. People sing and dance. The violin plays a Gaelic rhythm, echoing the wind blowing wheat waves in the title sequence, and the hillside filled with white mist. But, "Happy, 3 minutes is enough." The highlight of the second half is the peace agreement. With an agreement, there will be compromises, and differences in whether to give in or not will inevitably lead to comrades-in-arms becoming rivals. When the brothers finally kill each other, the director abruptly puts this on the table. Political issues are thrown to the audience; like "Father" with the same theme, the Northern Ireland issue is an eternal pain for the Irish nation, but compared to the increasingly extreme Palestinian factions calling for wind and rain in their refugee camps, who is closer to the Boxer Regiment in the Boxer Years , does not seem difficult to answer.

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  • Bethany 2022-03-28 09:01:06

    It can be seen how clever the methods of the British are, turning the contradiction between the enemy and ourselves into the internal contradiction of the enemy, what a countermeasure! Or as Chairman Mao said, we must oppose opportunism! It is necessary to oppose both left-leaning adventurism and right-leaning capitulationism!

  • Chelsea 2022-04-24 07:01:15

    The master's brushstrokes and ease of melancholy, the whole text is a kind of broadness that we will never learn. Abandoning the political stance of war, he narrates a fate that human history keeps repeating, and a piece of land seems to be destined to experience secondary damage. . When the muzzle of the gun is aimed at the former comrade-in-arms from the opponent, when you have become the appearance of the former colonizer, when the former war for freedom also began to maintain the stability of the rule with violence, only knowing that the background of the war is only sadness, becoming a king The losers are not worthy of praise. After the smoke of gunpowder, only both losers. That year, a group of young people put down their clubs and picked up guns. Now that the gentle breeze blows through the valley, they have never returned. The camera is full of poetic melancholy. This time it has nothing to do with winning or losing or justice. Humanistic sentiments look back at the gatherings, separations and reunions along the way from a broader perspective. No matter how grand the change is, it is the little people who bear the price of sacrifice, no matter how ugly the civil war, After all, the goals pursued are no longer the same. War is ruthless, politics is ruthless, and none of this should be celebrated or compromised for peace. Human beings are always replaying history tirelessly, but they cannot see the underlying wounds behind the war.

The Wind that Shakes the Barley quotes

  • Damien: It's easy to know what you are against, but quite another to know what you are for.

  • Finbar: [the IRA have just gunned down several Black and Tans] Mercenaries! That were paid to come over here to make us crawl, and to wipe us out. We've just sent a message to the British cabinet that will echo and reverbarate around the world! If they bring their savagery over here, we will meet it with a savagery of our own!